1988

NZ3945 : Hawthorn Coking Works, Murton

taken 37 years ago, near to South Hetton, County Durham, England

Hawthorn Coking Works, Murton
Hawthorn Coking Works, Murton
Disused 1950s vintage coke works. The battery, seen here, was on the opposite side of the road to the boosters and exhausters and I believe that drops them one grid square south. The coal bunker is extreme left and the gas mains cross the road to the right. The coke pusher is centre below the chimney. The chimney acts as the exhaust for the battery heating as the ovens are externally heated to carbonise the coal.

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Category: Chemical works
This photo is linked from: Galleries: · Buildings or places which are no longer there. Automatic Clusters: · Hawthorn Coking Works [2] Title Clusters: · Hawthorn Coking Works, Murton [2] ·
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NZ3945, 6 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Chris Allen   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 29 June, 1988   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 25 March, 2008
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 391 459 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:48.4245N 1:23.5369W
View Direction
North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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Image classification(about): Geograph (Second Visitor for NZ3945) · First in 5 Years (TPoint) (about)
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